Oiler for engines



July 10, 1923. 114M325 W. A. RARE-1i OILER FOR ENGINES Original Filed Dec. 1, 1917 nwammm um whoa Iii/ALTER A. EARIG Swam Patented July ll), 1923.

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WALTER A. RARIG, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed December 1, 1917, Serial No. 204,98. Renewed liar-ch 26, 1923.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVAL'rER A. Rams, citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oilers for Engines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improved oiling device for use on Ford automobile engines.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an oiling device which will circulate the oil through the casing of the engine by catching the oil as it is thrown by centrifugal force by the generator at its highest point and carrying it forward by gravity and introducing it in the forward part of the casing.

When an automobile ascends a grade the tendency is to drain the forward cylinders of their lubricating oil as the pitch of the engine causes it to gravitate toward the rear. This results in overheating, smoke, and like annoyances.

Obviously a device which will deliver a uniform flow of oil to the front cylinders, regardless of grade, will result in increased efliciency of the engine and efi'ect a saving in wear.

A further object of the :invention is to make an oil conduit of such construction that it can be easily and quickly attached to Ford engines and which, when installed, may be inspected without removal of any of the parts.

These objects are fully accomplished in the novel structure described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a view of my oiling device installed on a Ford engine, the engine being shown in dotted lines and here shown only to illustrate the method of attachment.

Figure 2 is a front view of a sight feed oil cup casting.

Figure 3 is a rear view of same.

Figure 4 is a side view of same with a glass attached, a portion being broken away and shown in section. v

Figure 5 is a side view of these compo nent parts of my improved oiling device which are forward of the sight fee-doil cup.

Figure 6 is a side view of those parts which are on the opposite side of the oil cup from that of the parts shown in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a base of an engine casing sloping iearwardly to a sump 2 in an enlarged annular portion of the housing in which rotates a generator. A hole 3 is drilled in the upper portion 4 of the said annular member of the housing; The hole 3 is tapped to receive the threaded end of the bushing 6.

The bushing 6 is provided with acup- I as shaped deflector 7 on the insideprojecting into the annular cavity to deflect oil as it is thrown centrifuga'lly by the generator.-

Into the bushing 6 is screwed one end of I an elbow 8 the opposite end of which isthreaded into a union 9 on one end of'a pipe 11.

The opposite end of pipe 11 is threaded into an oil cup casting ing 12 is substantially two elbows cast inte-. grally to form respectively intake and out let for a cell of glass 13.

The inner openings of the elbows are dia. metrically opposed so that, when the cell 13 is placed in horicontal position, as. in Fig. 1, the intake port 14: will be abovethe outlet port 16. The face of the casting 12 is provided with an annular groove 17, Fig. 2, in the bottom of which is a gasket 18 of cork or suitable material. The glass 13 is secured within the groove 17 and held against the gasket 18 by a bolt 19threaded into a hole in the center of the casting 12 as shown at 21,Fig.4.

A rubber washer, 22 is placed between the head of bolt 19 and-the. lower edge of the glass 13.

A short piece of pipe 23 is threaded into the intake port 14: so that the'fiow ofoil will be more visible, As the oil is thrown into the cell it gravi tates through outlet port 16 into a 26 connected therewitlbat one end and at its opposite end to a union 27 on one end of a nipple 28 the opposite end .of which .is the threaded into a hole in a flattened surface 29 on a hexagonal post 31. v

The post 31 has a hollow'passage S2 continuation of the conduit. A reduced member 33 of post 31 is threaded to enter a 105 belts to secure the upper and lower mern- 110 12. The said castbersof the engine casing, so in installing my device it is necessary only to drill one hole (3) and -tap two. (3 and 34).

Whil t I claim as new and wish to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. A sight glass of the character described,

comprising a platehaving an annular groovein one face thereof and inlet and outlet openings in said face and surrounded by said groove, a gasket in said groove, a transparent cup-shaped member having its edge resting in said groove and upon the gasket, and a member extending throughthe closed end of the cup member and having engagement with said plate, whereby the parts are 3. In a device of the character described, a casting comprising a vertically arranged plate and an inlet opening and an outlet passage, said passages opening through the face of said plate, and arranged one over the other respectively, a transparent cap detachably secured to the casting and closing maintained in position.

. both of said openings and spaced fr m the latter.

4c. The combination with an internal co m' bustion 8I1C1I1G which includes a generator housing, of an oil deflector extendingfsubstantially radially through the upper part of the periphery of said housing-a short distance into the housing, an indicatoi: and a circulating pipe connected with said doflector to convey oil from said housing to said indicator and then to the fbrward end of the engine casing.

5. In a lubricating system for internal" combustion, engines wherein art-engine is provided with a horizontal crank shaft at one end of which a fly-wheel is positioned having radially disposed magneto "magnets secured to one of its side faces, sa1d-fly-wheel :and crank-shaft being enclosed within a housing partially filled with oil, the combination with said engine, of an oil receiving stem disposed through the side of the housing in alignment with the axial path of travel of the magnets and spaced therefrom,

and a circulating pipe connected with said stem to convey the oil thrown by the mag nets to an indicator and then to the for- Ward end of said housing.

6. in a lubricating system for internal combusti )ll engines of the class described, a tubi'ilar stem cXtcnding though the side of the flywheel housing ol' sail engine and adapted to )l't 0lll an oil inlet opening to the oil thrown by centrifugal force from the radially disposed magnets upon the face of the fly-wheel of said engine and to stand in axial alignment therewith and spaced from said magnets. an elevating tube in connection with said stem and through which the oil will be l'orccd by the motion of said magnets, a sight. feed through which the oil will pass, and a circulating tube in ctm ieo tion with said sight feed to convey the oil to the forward end of the engine crank case.

7. A lubricating system for engines, corn- ")risin an oil receivin stem formed with an opening in its side in communication with a lougitiiulinal bore leading to the 0p-, positc end of the stem. said sti-ni'bcing positioned through the liv-whccl and magneto 32190 of said engine and in direct alignment with magnets upon the fly-whechsaid Oil receivingslcm being spaced from saidmagnets. and disposed through the sidexif the case to stand ivitliin the path of travel of oil thrown upwardly by the centrifugal force oi" said moving magnels, a sight feed with which said stem communicates, .aud a circulating pipe conveying the oil from the .sight leed 'to the forward end of the engine wlrere it is caused to pour over the timing gears and to thereafter circulate through the. engine crank case.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a plate having an inlelg and an outlet opening therein, amember having one end fitted against one face of the plate and. having said openings communicating therewith, a cap closing the other end of said member, and a connecting rod detachably connecting said cap and plate, whereby the parts are maintained in position.

9. In a lubricating system for internal combustion engines of the class described, a tubular stern extending through the side of the lly-wheel housing of said engine and adapted to present an oil inlet opening to the oil thrown by centrifugal force l'ron'i-the radially disposed magnets upon the face of the ll v ivheel otsaid engine and to stand in 

